Activist, architect and former IDEO senior director, Fred Dust, author of "Making Conversation: Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication" unveils his best communication secrets in this high-energy, inspiring interview.

His approach to conversation is totally unexpected, and yet it totally works. In his words, "That's why you're here: to have a conversation." Learn from Fred things like these...

- How meaningful conversations can come from a point of pain

- Conversation is a creative act

- Different ways of listening (better than Active Listening)

- How to tell a really good, really short story

- How to empower someone you need to critique

- The power of naming things

- What to do when you can't talk

- How the space sets the script

- Reset the rules for different results

Pre-order "Making Conversation" by Fred Dust now. It comes out December 1.

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In this conversation guest Robin Hills (complete with charming Brit accent) shares how to use emotional intelligence for better results at work. Specifically Robin covers:

- Variations of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Cognitive Intelligence (IQ) (which explains a lot about toxic leaders)

- How to assess EQ during a job interview

- How EQ helps you listen more effectively

- What you can do if your boss is low EQ

- The EQ component that lowers stress

- Music that inspires Robin

Robin Hills offers the most extensive EQ online training at www.ei4change.com.

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Learn in Laura Camacho's interview with Bruce Tulgan exactly what it takes to be THE go-to person at work, without working yourself to misery. Bruce shares tips from his recent Harvard-published book, "The Art of Being Indispensable at Work: win influence - beat overcommitment and get the right things done".

Work has changed so that people are getting requests from across the organization. It's a fresh challenge to deal with so many people asking for so many things across various channels. In this intense interview, Bruce and Laura discuss:

: Defining what it takes to be the go-to person

: The specific challenges the go-to person faces

: How to deal with the avalanche of internal customer requests

: How to hold your peers accountable

: The causes of overcommitment syndrome

: What you need to know about making really good yes/no decisions

: All about alignment and how that helps you

: How your boss wants your help in managing you

: The unique mathematics about real influence

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In this episode Laura Camacho interviews communication expert Mala Subramaniam, author of Beyond Wins. Mala takes the whole concept of negotiating and reframes from the most strategic, introvert-friendly point of view.

Laura and Mala geek out on all things persuasion, success and relationship oriented, sharing the following:

- The difference between a winning mindset and a success mindset and which one takes you farther

- How get your mind clear before a scary meeting

- A broader, more useful way of defining what it means to negotiate

- The most dangerous emotion and what to do about it

- How she teaches Asian Indians to work well with U.S. Americans (hint: sometimes they mistake our directness for rudeness)

- What we need communication-wise to get past COVID-19

Get your copy of Mala's book, Beyond Wins: Eastern Mindset for Success in Daily Business Negotiations.

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